Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

learning-knight

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: learn-ing-knight
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One disciplined and devoted to learning; a student or disciple.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Thence Christ's difciples are termed, in the Saxon evangelists, Christ's learning knights."
"Christ himself first spake the Lord's prayer, and taught it to his learning-knights (the apostles)."
"Again in those days there was with him a great crowd, and they had nothing to eat, then saith he, his learning-knights being called together, I pity this crowd for that they abide with me three days and have nothing to eat."
"And there came against the place as they stood a young learningknight yclept Dixon."

Etymology

Likely a revival of either Middle English lerning-knight or its antecedent Old English leornungcniht.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lerning-knight, leornungcniht

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

learning-knights (plural) learningknight (alternative) learning knight (alternative)

Questions

What does learning-knight mean?: One disciplined and devoted to learning; a student or disciple.
Where does learning-knight come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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